DAY POV

My eyes seem to have weights on them, but nevertheless I try to open them. Slowly, I lift up my eyelids up to a small woman, not a girl anymore, with auburn hair place in a hastily put braid and big, brown doe eyes filled with tears.

'Tess' I say with a small, smile. She lets out a laugh-sob and hugs me so tightly I lose oxygen. I let out a strangled breath and she lets go.

'I missed you so much Daniel!' Tess exclaims. 'Though I wish we could've met on better terms.' She says with a small sigh.

'Better terms?' I look at her questionably. Suddenly, like a long, coiled jack in the box finally popping up again, all my memories resurface. Each one more important than the last. Memories of Day, the Republic, the war, and June.

I grab her shoulders, and say 'I remember everything now.'

She takes a deep breath, looking into my eyes intensely 'What do you mean you remember?'

'I remember being Day, being the most wanted criminal in the Republic, my brother giving his life in place of mine, I remember Thomas, and getting shot and leaving you and June behind. Leaving everything behind Tess. Everything' my voice breaks.

A tear falls down Tess's cheek. Followed by another...and another.

'Hey don't cry, I'm back! And I'm never leaving you or June behind again. I promise.' I say

She lets out a pent-up smile through her happy, tear-streaked face that went from ear to ear and says' I'm so glad you're back I missed you so much Day. You have no idea!'

I smile and pull her in for another big hug, this time squeezing the oxygen out of her. Until eventually, her tears reside. I stare at the walls of Tess's House over her shoulder. I see a picture of her and Baxter smiling and holding hands at a fancy restaurant making me sad that I missed all of this. Then to the left of the picture I see a picture of Tess and June laughing together.

'So,' I say with a lopsided grin ' where's my other golden gal?'

She tries to speak, but fails.

My eyes darken and I look her in the eye 'Please, please tell me she's alright.'

Tess shakes her head 'Don't you remember?'

Then I get another memory, but one more recent. I remember a puddle of blood, a red ski mask, and a bloody June smiling at me as she passes out.

'Who took her?' I say menacingly, I put my hands fists so tight it leaving crescent marks in my hand.

Yet another tear slips from her eye 'The Snake' she shudders.

'And Who is that' I say with a low, grave tone.

'The Snake is...' she swallows 'Thomas Bryant's nephew. He was in her command of rookies under an allias and has been torturing her ever since he revealed his identity to her. He blamed her for Thomas's demise and death somehow.'

I closed my eyes and let out a breath not wanting to accept this 'There's something you're not telling me.'

Tears run freely now on Tess's face ' He...he raped her and killed... killed Daniel, a boy June was close too because...he reminded her so much of...y-you.'

My world becomes numb, my entire body shuts down. I think at some point I stand up and start punching the wall as if it was this Snake. He raped her...and I'm going to kill that son of a bitch. He hurt my baby...and I didn't do a single thing. I sit back down on the bed guided by Tess.

A wet tear makes a trail down my cheek and soon many more follow suit 'I should have been there,' I say stubbornly and wipe away my tears angrily 'I just left her all alone and now...now she is in the hands of a madmen.'

'I left her utterly alone and discarded her for 10 years. FOR 10 YEARS.' I put my head in my hands and sob.

I think back to my memories of her...

I remember seeing her for the first time so regal with her long dark brown high ponytail swinging and her dark eyes with gold flecks twinkling. She has always been the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. She fought Kaede like a ninja. I knew she could've beat her had she not pulled a knife on her. I will never regret throwing that dust bomb and saving her. NEVER.

I remember first kissing her for the first time under a veil of our hidden identities.

I remember twining two paperclips together for two matching rings for each of us.

I remember her bright smile that could lighten the worst of days.

I remember caring for her as she was sick and being so worried.

I remember her looking dressing like the beautiful goddess she is at the Peace Treaty meeting.

Lastly, I remember being the last thing I saw after being shot and then forgetting all memories of her until now.

' Tess, we have to find her.' I say in a determined.

Tess nods 'We will.'

And when I find him he's going to wish for death.

A/N I am SO SO SO SO SO sorry for making you wait so long. I just wasn't getting a lot of reviews and decided to quit it, but now I am and im going to try to get in the swing of things! I hope you enjoy and remember to leave feedback! I EDITED A LOT SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO RE READ!

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